tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post4205155287806359038..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: A post on postsLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-67400731663450116502009-05-04T13:40:00.000+02:002009-05-04T13:40:00.000+02:00This reminds me that posts are such are rural thin...This reminds me that posts are such are rural thing. I used to see them (and sometimes photograph them) when I lived in the countryside. Posts in the city are mostly metal - and generally lacking in character and charm like these.lesleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127872882510411387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-88569827458261007632009-04-29T20:54:00.000+02:002009-04-29T20:54:00.000+02:00Thanks.
Lesley - I'll keep you posted.
Dave - an...Thanks.<br /><br />Lesley - I'll keep you posted.<br /><br />Dave - another wittily post-modern idea, the post blog... as for striving for the illusion of intellectual rigour, fake it till you make it I say!<br /><br />Write - I know what you mean. In fact I'm not sure how well my links were chosen, vis Forrest's comment below. I think sometimes people r=follow them up more carefully than I do myself.<br /><br />Z - you have a point. Really, though, I didn't find her blog too precious or snobby, but quite accessible, and she clearly has a warm and genuine enthusiasm for the subject. I'd have left a comment to say so if I could have done so without signing in. I think, having come to the awareness and practice of photography late, talking about it as an art subject is simply unfamiliar ground for me. I like puns too.<br /><br />GJ - thanks. I'm not sure, in fact,that the conversation and the art are that separate now. As much the point as process or product seems the be the talking about it. I like the narrative attached to the posts. They are for mostly single strand electric wires, for cattle, functioning in place of barbed wire... actually, I think I'll make a separate post about this.<br /><br />HHB - wooden posts are actually interesting I think, as presenting the interface between natural form and human intervention on the landscape... yes, I am going to write a new post about this.<br /><br />FF - thanks for your conscientious following of the links, which I think you probably did more thoroughly than I did. The Nicholas Nixon one was simply a selection of his work, I thought. There was probably more of the 'Brown sisters' series on Cara Phillips blog. I'll try to find a better link. On the question of typology, I think your right, it's very easy to produce the form in photography, with the apparent meaning that pattern lends things, but without necessarily much substance. Actually, I initially did the 'posts' thing for a bit of punning fun, as I thought, without much substance, but it has led me to think rather deeper about it...<br /><br />I'm not in fact illustrating Joe's poems this time; we thought about that but decided against. It is a text only call-and -response type of thing.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-87194386693832774822009-04-29T17:43:00.000+02:002009-04-29T17:43:00.000+02:00I like your fence posts, but I see where the typol...I like your fence posts, but I see where the typology could be used superficially by people unlike you, an obviously talented photographer.<br /><br />The link you gave for Nicholas Nixon showed a variety of photos, but they weren't his wife and her sisters - the series was described as people on porches, although there were a lot that didn't fit that either. It was somewhat disturbing to see the extremely frail old people and a younger man who appeared to be wasting away. No doubt Nixon is a talented photographer, but these subjects were unnerving.<br /><br />Can't wait to see how you illustrate Joe's poem!Fantastic Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044290192610027408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-90229080357763558812009-04-29T11:21:00.000+02:002009-04-29T11:21:00.000+02:00Great links and photos. Coincidentally while walki...Great links and photos. Coincidentally while walking with hound yesterday I saw a wonderful old weather worn post and went to grab my camera.....I'd left it home...bugger!herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-33909869191476913462009-04-29T08:17:00.000+02:002009-04-29T08:17:00.000+02:00My late husband once noted that once you put a lab...My late husband once noted that once you put a label to someone or something, you've put it in its place and can move on... I found your fence posts made a fine and interesting collection which, by the way, shows a slightly different approach to matters fencing than I see in our countryside. I think it's rather fun to collect photos around a particular theme -- it may not necessarily be art, but it is conversational.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-59136869632076175432009-04-29T02:22:00.000+02:002009-04-29T02:22:00.000+02:00Art snobs accusing others of lack of rigor?
I ra...Art snobs accusing others of lack of rigor? <br /><br />I rather like themes and puns. Good posts.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-9584072350475493772009-04-28T22:36:00.000+02:002009-04-28T22:36:00.000+02:00You do come up with some interesting links.
If ti...You do come up with some interesting links.<br /><br />If time were infinite I would wander forever.<br /><br />Alas, a snapshot or two will have to do.The Joined up Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797087157041713649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-85569347331637967652009-04-28T21:33:00.000+02:002009-04-28T21:33:00.000+02:00The illusion of intellectual rigor, eh? This is a ...The illusion of intellectual rigor, eh? This is a bad thing? I can think of far worse illusions to strive for.<br /><br />What would be truly awesome would be to have an entire blog devoted to pictures like these: each day, another post.Davehttp://www.vianegativa.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-25365449206512419852009-04-28T21:10:00.000+02:002009-04-28T21:10:00.000+02:00Nice posts post :-))Nice posts post :-))Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498909370147354617noreply@blogger.com